Stanley

Stan·ley or Port Stan·ley  (stnl)

A town of the eastern Falkland Islands on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the administrative capital of the British dependency. Population: 2,110.

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Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith. 14th Earl of Derby. 1799-1869.

British politician who served as prime minister (1852, 1858-1859, and 1866-1868).

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Stanley, Francis Edgar 1849-1918.

American inventor who with his twin brother Freelan (1849-1940 ) developed a steam-powered automobile, the Stanley Steamer (1897).

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Stanley, Sir Henry Morton 1841-1904.

British journalist and explorer known for his expedition into Africa in search of David Livingstone, whom he greeted with the words "Doctor Livingstone, I presume?" (1871).

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Stanley, Wendell Meredith 1904-1971.

American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for discovering methods of producing pure enzymes and virus proteins.

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Stanley [ˈstænlɪ]

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1. (Placename) the capital of the Falkland Islands, in NE East Falkland Island: scene of fighting in the Falklands War of 1982. Pop.: 1557 (1991)

2. (Placename) a town in NE England, in N Durham. Pop.: 18 905 (1991)

3. (Placename) Mount. a mountain in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): the highest peak of the Ruwenzori range. Height: 5109 m (16 763 ft.) Congolese name Ngaliema Mountain

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Stanley²

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(Biographies / Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (1841-1904) M, British, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer, WRITING: journalist) Sir Henry Morton. 1841-1904, British explorer and journalist, who led an expedition to Africa in search of Livingstone, whom he found on Nov. 10, 1871. He led three further expeditions in Africa (1874-77; 1879-84; 1887-89) and was instrumental in securing Belgian sovereignty over the Congo Free State

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Noun	1.	Stanley - United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918) Francis Edgar Stanley
	2.	Stanley - Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904) Henry M. Stanley, John Rowlands, Sir Henry Morton Stanley